Louis Byrne Slichter | |
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Born | May 19, 1896 |
Died | March 25, 1978 | (aged 81)
Burial place | Forest Hill Cemetery |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
Louis Byrne Slichter (May 19, 1896 – March 25, 1978) was an American physicist and geophysicist who directed the Institute of Geophysics at UCLA. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Slichter was notable for, among other things, earth tides research, [4] submarine detection, [4] development of three-component short-period seismographs, [4] studies of the earth temperature distribution, [4] and the invention of a number of important geophysical devices. [4] Slichter Foreland peninsula in Antarctica is named after him. [5] [6] The Institute of Geophysics building in UCLA where he used to work as a director of the Institute has been named Slichter Hall. [1] He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the chair of the Academy's Geophysics Section. [2] He was also a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, [2] a fellow of the American Physical Society, [2] and a fellow of the American Geophysical Union. [2] The New York Times called Slichter a "widely honored pioneer in the earth sciences". [1] The National Academy of Sciences called him "one of the foremost geophysicists of the twentieth century, an outstanding leader, scholar, and teacher". [2] UCLA called him "the world leader in the analysis of the solid earth tides". [4]
Louis Slichter was the son of the mathematician Charles S. Slichter, [7] brother of economist Sumner Slichter, [8] and uncle of physicist Charles P. Slichter. His sister-in-law was the biochemist Mary Van Rensselaer Buell. [9]
Louis Byrne Slichter | |
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Born | May 19, 1896 |
Died | March 25, 1978 | (aged 81)
Burial place | Forest Hill Cemetery |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
Louis Byrne Slichter (May 19, 1896 – March 25, 1978) was an American physicist and geophysicist who directed the Institute of Geophysics at UCLA. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Slichter was notable for, among other things, earth tides research, [4] submarine detection, [4] development of three-component short-period seismographs, [4] studies of the earth temperature distribution, [4] and the invention of a number of important geophysical devices. [4] Slichter Foreland peninsula in Antarctica is named after him. [5] [6] The Institute of Geophysics building in UCLA where he used to work as a director of the Institute has been named Slichter Hall. [1] He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the chair of the Academy's Geophysics Section. [2] He was also a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, [2] a fellow of the American Physical Society, [2] and a fellow of the American Geophysical Union. [2] The New York Times called Slichter a "widely honored pioneer in the earth sciences". [1] The National Academy of Sciences called him "one of the foremost geophysicists of the twentieth century, an outstanding leader, scholar, and teacher". [2] UCLA called him "the world leader in the analysis of the solid earth tides". [4]
Louis Slichter was the son of the mathematician Charles S. Slichter, [7] brother of economist Sumner Slichter, [8] and uncle of physicist Charles P. Slichter. His sister-in-law was the biochemist Mary Van Rensselaer Buell. [9]